Racist texts referring to ‘picking cotton’ sent to Black people across US after election
Authorities across the United States are investigating after racist text messages – some with references to “slave catchers” and “picking cotton” reminiscent of the country’s painful and bigoted past – have been received by children, college students and working professionals from unrecognized phone numbers in the wake of the presidential election. CNN's Gabe Cohen reports. #CNN #News
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